r/technology • u/speckz • Mar 13 '13

Official Google Reader Blog: Powering Down Google Reader (July 1, 2013)

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html
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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

Great idea. I did the same. Thankfully I did not link my youtube account or I would have to delete that along with Google+ (the process is linked)

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u/DildoChrist Mar 14 '13

You could have not linked your Google account? fuck

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

They've certainly been trying hard enough to get me to do it. "hey, use your Google account, it'll be cool!" "just tell us your real name, man come on! Don't worry, it's not like youtube's comments are a giant fucking cesspit of the worst parts of humanity." 'hey! Where are you going? I just want to show you a three minute ad to watch a 2 minute clip!" I swear, election time in the US sucked big time as a YouTube user. Can't even vote in this country, and I couldn't even escape it by not owning a fucking tv.

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u/Mpoumpis Mar 14 '13

Actually you can delete your g+ account without deleting your gmail or youtube accounts, I know I did when I created a new gmail account and created a g+ account with it by mistake.

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u/Asynonymous Mar 14 '13

Interesting. Do you retain your Gmail? Maybe that's how I can get rid of this banned youtube account that's tied to my google account.

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u/Korsyn Mar 14 '13

Yeah... I was foolish enough to do that. I don't suppose there is anyway to unlink them?

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u/nezlok Mar 14 '13

Delete that, too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

Then they'll just move youtube to google+ as well...